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. Chest, sides and under tail coverts bright fulvous 
FAM. PARIDA# 
Ear coverts ashy grey. Black superciliaries narrower and separated 
trom each other, the forehead being ovange-ochraceous like the crown 
Flanks and under tail coverts only bright fulvous 
Flanks pale ashy, under tail coverts white 
. Chin and throat uniform black, the feathers of the latter scarcely 
Fringed with white at the tp, breast and sides pale ashy grey, 
middle of abdomen and under tail coverts white . aa 
Chin- and throat-feathers black at base, with long white tips, almost 
completely hiding the black gvound-colour ; vest of under parts sordid 
white, only the flanks tinged with greyish. 
. General colour of upper parts-darker, bright ochvaceous-brown. 
General colour of upper parts paler, light vellowish olive, brightening 
to dull ochvaceous-vellow on forehead and fore part of crown 
Bill smaller. Breast, middle of abdomen and under tail coverts silky 
white, flanks washed with deep ochraceous . 
Bill longer and stouter. Chest pale grey, sides of breast and abdomen 
extensively bright ochraceous-brown eae 
Top of the head clear ochreous-yellow, this colour bordered laterally 
by a broad greyish olive or slate-grey stripe, reaching from above 
the eye to the sides of the nape. Anterior under parts deep ochreous- 
yellow . ; : 
Top of the head never ochreous yellow, either ashy grey (S. prze- 
walskil), vimaceous oy vufous-brown . 
Stripe on the sides of the cvown greyish olive . 
Stripe on the sides of the crown slate-gvey. . . . . . 
. Crown and nape ashy grey; forehead, loves and broad superciliary 
stripe as far bach as the sides of the nape deep rufous-bvown. Under- 
parts cinnamomeous, sides of breast shaded with greyish, flanks pale 
Gy OUNTS ar a ne 
Upper part of the head deep vinaceous-brown oy cimnamon-rufous. 
Lower surface, at least anterior parts, pale vinaceous, pink or 
whitish, with ov without brown streaks on throat and foreneck. 
A narrow vim of silky white feathers round the eye (= eyelid), Top 
of the head deep vinaceous-brown ja 
No white vim round the eve. Top of the head and nape ciunamon- 
yufous . 
Sides of the head and neck brownish ashy, strongly contrasting with 
colour of pileum and throat. . . . . . 
Sides of the head and neck pale or bright cinnamon, not strongly con- 
trasting with adjommng parts . . . ciao eee 
Top and sides of the head rather deep and bright cinnamon-rufous. 
Quills exteriorly edged with pale brown (= colour of back). 
Top of the head light, vathey dull cinnamon, sides of the head 
distinctly paler, shading into vinaceous-cuimamon or pink. Quills 
extevionly edved with bright chestnut 
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8. S. RIPPONI. 
12. S. POLIOTIS FE. 
10. S, POLIOTIS POLIOTIS. 
II. S. POLIOTIS DAFLAENSIS. 
j ie as eee @OF 
6. S. GULARIS MORRISONIANA. 
5. S. GULARIS GULARIS. 
7. S. GULARIS CRADDOCKT. 
12. (S. FULVIFRONS). 
So oe eA ND eee TES 
13. S. FULVIFRONS FULVIFRONS. 
14. S. FULVIFRONS CYANOPHRYS. 
15. S. PRZEWALSKII, 
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16. S. CONSPICILLATA. 
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17. S. ALPHONSIANA. 
16. S. (WEBBIANA). 
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